Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—15/05/2009
Music including Verdi, Ravel, Gershwin, Nielsen, Grieg, Rameau, Haydn, Beethoven and Bach.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Rob Cowan
With music, news and at 8.00am a Song Without Words by Mendelssohn.
10:00
Classical Collection—Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker presents music by Poulenc, Haydn, Chopin, Berlioz, Britten and Liszt.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Bach in Weimar, Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores Bach's eventful final years at Weimar's ducal court.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Roger Vignoles and Friends, Episode 4
4/4With Penny Gore. Ailish Tynan (soprano), Nicholas Rodwell (clarinet) in Schubert songs.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Looking East, Handel: Alessandro - Act 3
5/5Act 3 of Handel's opera Alessandro. Plus Looking East: With McPhee, Britten and Messiaen.
14:02
Handel Opera Cycle—Alessandro, Alessandro - Act 3
2/2Act 3 of Handel's opera Alessandro.
17:00
In Tune—15/05/2009 Min-Jin Kym and Joanna MacGregor
Presented by Petroc Trelawny. With violinist Min-Jin Kym and pianist Joanna MacGregor.
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Evening
19:00
Performance on 3—Great Russians: Shostakovich, Fri, 15th May 2009 - Part 1
1/2With Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo
19:40
Twenty Minutes—Michelangelo the Poet
Mario Petrucci considers the much-neglected poetry of Michelangelo.
20:00
Performance on 3—Great Russians: Shostakovich, Fri, 15th May 2009 - Part 2
2/2Presented by Martin Handley. Vassily Sinaisky conducts Shostakovich's Symphony No 10.
21:15
The Verb—Colm Toibin and CK Stead
Ian McMillan's guests include award-winning novelist Colm Toibin and poet CK Stead.
22:00
Composer of the Week—Bach in Weimar, Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores Bach's eventful final years at Weimar's ducal court.
23:00
The Essay—Tomorrow is Today, David Park
5/5Novelist David Park gives his thoughts on the arts in Northern Ireland since 1998.
23:15
World on 3—Charlie Gillett
Presented by Charlie Gillett. Featuring a session with Portuguese singer Sara Tavares.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—16/05/2009
Music including Verdi's Messa da Requiem, plus Corelli, Busoni, Vivaldi, Rossini and Haydn
